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Young Thug Trial: It Was a Wild Week of Testimony From Key Witness


Kenneth "Woody" Copeland returned to the witness stand for tortured testimony at heart of Young Thug's gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta

Over several combative days of testimony, Copeland said “I don’t recall” hundreds of times and claimed he lied repeatedly to investigators during a series of police station interviews in the aftermath of the January 2015 drive-by shooting murder of Donovan “Nut” Thomas Jr. In his opening statement last November, Williams’ defense lawyer Brian Steel told jurors that Copeland is a career criminal and admitted liar who likely murdered Thomas himself and then tried to shift blame to avoid a return trip to prison. “Isn’t it true that Lil Dee told you that when they saw Nut, they switched cars?” Assistant District Attorney Simone Hylton asked, referring to Williams and the other alleged members of YSL purportedly together at the gas station before Thomas’ murder.

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